Synonyms for ponderousness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pon-der-uhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɒn dər əs |
Définition of ponderousness
Origin :- c.1400, "thick;" early 15c., "heavy, weighty, clumsy," from Latin ponderosus "of great weight; full of meaning," from pondus (genitive ponderis) "weight" (see pound (n.1)). Meaning "tedious" is first recorded 1704. Related: Ponderously; ponderousness.
- noun heaviness
- In the son's case, the father's ponderousness had turned to gravity.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- But at nineteen Thomas had attained a height of six feet five, with a proportionate breadth and ponderousness.
- Extract from : « In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim » by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- The towering closeness of these on each hand, their impenetrability, and their ponderousness, are felt as a physical pressure.
- Extract from : « A Changed Man and Other Tales » by Thomas Hardy
- David Saunderson was the embodiment of ponderousness; he spoke as slowly as he moved his cumbersome limbs.
- Extract from : « War-time Silhouettes » by Stephen Hudson
- His lifeless and verbose conceits soon provoke by their falsity, and fatigue by their ponderousness.
- Extract from : « The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 » by Alexander Pope
- He believed that ponderousness and extension were qualities indispensable to eloquence.
- Extract from : « The Torrent » by Vicente Blasco Ibaez
Antonyms for ponderousness
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